Its beginning to look a lot like 2015....

Deciding it was time to upgrade everything for the new chase vehicle, I decided to finally let go of my homemade computer stand in favor for the Ram Mount stand.  The cost was a bit pricy for my taste, but considering that I had enough of the original swing arm swinging when taking a corner, it was time for a serious upgrade.  I searched high and low all over the internet trying to find a decent priced stand which I finally did at GPSCheap.com  These guys did a great job hooking me up with a good deal and within 8 days it finally arrived this afternoon.  I was too excited to wait till spring to see what it looked like.  So here it is, after I signed for it.

Pretty much everything was accounted for opening the box, but if your not too savvy working without instructions, I would suggest going to the Ram Mount website and open the PDF files for your needed info.

The box came with 4 separate bags holding different parts to the setup.  The arm joint was easy to put together as was the floor brace.  The instructions for the base was easy, remove the two front bolts holding the seat in place and slip in the brace. Noting how hard it would be to attach the lower leg of the stand to the base with it installed, I decided to attach the bolts/nuts first before putting it in place in the Envoy.

As you can see, the base bracket fits well in the Envoy.  I used a 1/2 breaker bar to remove the 18mm bolts holding the seat in place.  With everything tightened down, it was time to return to building the upper half. I apologize for not taking pictures of the build of the computer base, but you can find info on it clicking this link:  Ram Mounts instructional page

With the upper arm joint built and the computer base set, it was time to set it in place.  I really like the ease of building this mount and I can't wait to test it out this spring.  Coming up in the next build is the installation of a new roof dome camera.